The Song of the Slandered 1 ULT To the chief musician: a psalm of David. God of my praise, do not be silent! BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O God of my praise, be not silent.
2 ULT For a wicked mouth and a mouth of deceit open against me; they speak a tongue of untruth with me, BSB BSB: For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues.
3 ULT and words of hatred surround me, and they attack me without cause. BSB BSB: They surround me with hateful words and attack me without cause.
4 ULT In return for my love they accuse me, but I— prayer. BSB BSB: In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
5 ULT They put upon me evil in return for good, and hatred in return for my love. BSB BSB: They repay me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 ULT Appoint a wicked one over him; and may an accuser stand at his right hand. BSB BSB: Set over him a wicked man; let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 ULT When he is judged, may he come out guilty; and may his prayer be as sin. BSB BSB: When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
8 ULT May his days be few; may another take his position. BSB BSB: May his days be few; may another take his position.
9 ULT May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. BSB BSB: May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 ULT And wandering, may his children wander and beg and seek from their desolations. BSB BSB: May his children wander as beggars, seeking sustenance far from their ruined homes.
11 ULT May a creditor snare all that{ is} to him; may strangers plunder his work. BSB BSB: May the creditor seize all he owns, and strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.
12 ULT May there not be to him{ one} extending covenant faithfulness; and may there not be{ one} pitying his orphans. BSB BSB: May there be no one to extend kindness to him, and no one to favor his fatherless children.
13 ULT May his posterity be to cut off; may their name be blotted out in the next generation. BSB BSB: May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
14 ULT May the sin of his fathers be remembered to Yahweh; and the offense of his mother not be blotted out. BSB BSB: May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out.
15 ULT May they be before Yahweh continually and may he cut off their remembrance from the earth, BSB BSB: May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.
16 ULT because he never remembered to do covenant faithfulness, but pursued the humble man and the needy and the dejected in heart to death. BSB BSB: For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
17 ULT And he loved cursing, and it came to him, and he did not delight in blessing, and it was far from him. BSB BSB: The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
18 ULT And he put on cursing as his garment, and it entered into his inner being like water, and like oil into his bones. BSB BSB: The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.
19 ULT May it be to him like the clothing he wears, and for the belt he always girds himself with it. BSB BSB: May it be like a robe wrapped about him, like a belt tied forever around him.
20 ULT This, the payment of my accusers from Yahweh, and those speaking evil against my soul. BSB BSB: May this be the LORD’s reward to my accusers, to those who speak evil against me.
21 ULT But you, Yahweh, my Lord, do with me on account of your name. Because your covenant faithfulness{ is} good, rescue me! BSB BSB: But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion.
22 ULT For I am poor and needy, and my heart breaks within me. BSB BSB: For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me.
23 ULT Like a shadow when it lengthens I am made to go; I am shaken off like a locust. BSB BSB: I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
24 ULT My knees are weak from fasting and my flesh is gaunt from fatness. BSB BSB: My knees are weak from fasting, and my body grows lean and gaunt.
25 ULT And I, I am a disgrace to them; they see me; they shake their head. BSB BSB: I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
26 ULT Help me, Yahweh my God; save me according to your covenant faithfulness, BSB BSB: Help me, O LORD my God; save me according to Your loving devotion.
27 ULT so that they know that this{ is} your hand; you, Yahweh, you have done it. BSB BSB: Let them know that this is Your hand, that You, O LORD, have done it.
28 ULT They, they will curse, but you, you will bless; they arise, but then become ashamed, and your servant will rejoice. BSB BSB: Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
29 ULT May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe. BSB BSB: May my accusers be clothed with disgrace; may they wear their shame like a robe.
30 ULT With my mouth I greatly thank Yahweh; and in the midst of many I will praise him. BSB BSB: With my mouth I will thank the LORD profusely; I will praise Him in the presence of many.
31 ULT For he stands at the right hand of the needy, to save{ him} from the judges of his soul. BSB BSB: For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
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